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The Hanoitimes - More Vietnamese seek to learn and work in Japan, forming a community of 330,835 people in the East Asian country. The number of foreign residents in Japan reached a record high at the end of 2018 partly due to a sharp increase in students and technical interns from Vietnam, according to data of the Japanese Ministry of Justice. Vietnamese people in Japan. Photo: Japo As of December 31, 2018, there were 2,731,093 foreigners residing in Japan, up 6.6% on year, including 330,835 Vietnamese residents, marking an on-year rise of 26%, the Asahi Shimbun reported, citing the ministry. The record number of foreign residents in Japan was reported for the fourth straight year. Those in Japan for study hit 337,000, up 8% on year, while technical interns were 328,360, up 8% from a year earlier. Of the technical interns, Vietnamese numbered 164,499, up 30% on year. According to the ministry, more Vietnamese people seek to learn and work in Japan … [Read more...] about Foreigners in Japan hit record high due to surge in Vietnamese

Dr Le Hong Hiep, Fellow at the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has recently instructed the State Bank of Vietnam, the Ministry of Finance and relevant government agencies to crack down on the use of Chinese electronic wallet services, such as WeChat Pay and AliPay, as well as illegal points of sale devices at travel hotspots frequented by Chinese tourists. The government is concerned that the use of such payment methods, through which the transactions, conducted between Chinese bank accounts of Chinese tourists and business owners, can circumvent Vietnam’s banking system and national regulations, leading to loss of tax revenues and other potential problems. This is one of the many challenges that Vietnamese authorities have to handle to reap the benefits of the greater inflow of Chinese tourists while minimizing any unwanted impacts that they may generate for the country in general and the economy in particular. In the first … [Read more...] about Spike in Chinese tourists presents new challenges for Vietnam

Some critics are saying that an overly nationalistic Chinese stance may have hardened the U.S. position, according to four sources close to the government. President Xi Jinping still has a firm grip on power, but an unusual surge of criticism about economic policy and how the government has handled the trade war has revealed rare cracks in the ruling Communist Party. A backlash is being felt at the highest levels of the government, possibly hitting a close aide to Xi, his ideology chief and strategist Wang Huning, according to two sources familiar with discussions in leadership circles. A prominent and influential academic whose views have found favor in some party quarters has also come under attack for his strident views on Chinese power. Wang, who was the architect of the “China Dream”, Xi’s vision for China to become a strong and prosperous nation, has been taken to task by the Chinese leader for crafting an excessively nationalistic image for the country, which … [Read more...] about Handling of US trade dispute causes rift in Chinese leadership: sources

President Trump escalated his trade war with China on Tuesday, identifying an additional US$200 billion in Chinese products that he intends to hit with import tariffs. Containers are loaded onto shipping vessels at the Port of Long Beach in Long Beach in July - Photo: AFP/Getty Images The move makes good on the president's threat to respond to China's retaliation for the initial U.S. tariffs on US$34 billion in Chinese goods, which went into effect Friday and would eventually place nearly half of all Chinese imports under tariffs. Administration officials said the tariff fight is aimed at forcing China to stop stealing American intellectual property and to abandon policies that effectively force U.S. companies to surrender their trade secrets in return for access to the Chinese market. "These practices are an existential threat to America's most critical comparative advantage and the future of our economy," said Robert Lighthizer, the president's chief trade negotiator. … [Read more...] about US proposes tariffs on US$200 billion more in Chinese imports

By Xuan Ngoc &nbspApril 12, 2018 | 11:06 am GMT+7 An advertisement panel in Chinese is removed from a shop in Nha Trang. Photo by VnExpress The law dictates that advertisements must include Vietnamese. Advertising panels featuring phrases in foreign languages are being removed by local authorities from the popular Nha Trang resort town on Vietnam's south central coast. Tourism inspectors from Khanh Hoa Province instructed several businesses in Nha Trang to remove the offending panels featuring phrases in foreign languages such as Chinese and Russian on Wednesday. “I don’t know what the law says about advertising panels. I just do what people usually do around here,” said Vu Dinh Bay, the owner of a local handicraft shop. Inspector Pham Duc Hung cited the increasing number of foreign tourists visiting Nha Trang as the reason for the problem. “We have reminded businesses not do this again. If they don't comply, we'll follow it … [Read more...] about Advertisements in Chinese and Russian erased from Vietnam resort town